# NHTSA recall 13V500000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V500000
- Manufacturer's number: JC5
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2013\-11\-01
- Owners notified: 2014\-04\-29
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 344187

## What is wrong

American Honda Motor Company \(Honda\) is recalling certain model year 2007\-2008 Honda Odyssey vehicles manufactured August 8, 2006, through September 8, 2008.  Due to a combination of system components and software, the Vehicle Safety Assist System \(VSA\) may apply the brakes unexpectedly.


## What can happen

The vehicle may suddenly and unexpectedly brake hard, and without illuminating the brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash from behind.


## The remedy

Parts to remedy these vehicles will not be available until the spring of 2014.  Honda will send owners an interim letter notifying them of the issue and instruct them how to prevent unintended braking.  A second notification will be sent when the parts become available.  Interim notification was mailed in December 2013.  The recall began on April 29, 2014.   Owners may contact Honda at 1\-800\-999\-1009 or visit their website at www.recalls.honda.com.  Honda's recall number is JC5.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 8, for 2015 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-10\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 344187
- Reported remedied: 258613 \(75%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2470
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2007 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-08\-08 to 2007\-10\-20.
- [2008 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-10\-02 to 2008\-09\-08.

## Investigated as PE13024

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE13024: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2013\-06\-25, closed 2013\-11\-04. Inappropriate autonomous braking. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V500000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V500000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [A13\-080](/bulletins/10142436.md), 2018-07-02, Service bulletin
- [DLR MSG \- Safety](/bulletins/10129463.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin
- [AJA48014](/bulletins/10087961.md), 2017-01-05, Service bulletin
- [A13\-080](/bulletins/10083954.md), 2016-11-04, Service bulletin
- [IN\-15\-2013](/bulletins/10054592.md), 2014-02-06, Service bulletin
- [SB\-09\-053](/bulletins/10034974.md), 2011-02-03, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V500000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V500000)

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